Dust-pan.



G. T. WELLS.

DUST FAN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21. 19:6.

L225,5% Patented May 8, 1917.

INK/ENTER ETI'DENE Y.

GEORGE TILLEY WELLS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

DUST-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 191?.

Application filed April 27,1916. Serial No. 93,899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE TILLEY WELLS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dust-Pans,of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention has reference to an improvement in household utensils andmore particularly to an improvement in dust-pans whereby the dust-panhas greater utility than has heretofore been obtained.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of a dust-pan,whereby the dust-pan may be moved about on the floor by the foot andfirmly held in the desired position on the floor, by pressure of thefoot, which in turn presses the lip of the pan tightly against thefloor, thereby facilitating the removal of the dust and dirt from thefloor into the dust-pan.

Another object of my invention is to provide such a dust-pan with anupper forwardly extending top portion having a sawtooth edge, wherebylint, ravelings or other foreign substances may be easily removed fromthe broom into the dust-pan.

A further object of my invention is to provide a dust-pan with springmeans, whereby under pressure of the foot the pan may be pressed downclosely to the floor and upon release of pressure the pan will assumeits original raised position.

A. final object of my invention is to simplify the construction of thedust-pan, thereby reducing the cost of manufacturing the same.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of adust-pan, said dustpan having details of construction as will be morefully set forth hereinafter and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved dust-pan.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the dust-pan, and

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the dust-panshowing the pan in its normal raised position in full lines and in theposition it would assume when pressed down close to the floor, in brokenlines.

In the drawing 4 indicates the body of the dust-pan and 5 the springfloor arm. The body at has a downwardly inclined bottom 6 merging intoan upwardly rounded transverse retaining ridge 7 which in turn mergesinto a straight fiat downwardly inclined spring lip 8, the upwardly bentstraight sides 9, 9, an upwardly bent straight back 10, and a forwardlybent and extending top portion 11 having a saw-tooth edge 12, all formedintegral. The spring fioor arm 5 is formed preferably of spring steel,it is secured at one end to the body of the dust-pan in any well knownway, and has an upwardly bent member 13, a downwardly inclined portion14: and a curved floor end 15 in which is a hole 16 for hanging up thedust-pan. The back 10, the member 13 and the intermediate portion ofthespring floor arm 5 forms a foot hold 16.

When in use the foot is placed in the foothold 16 and the dust-pan movedby the foot in any direction into the position required without stoopingor bending the body. A

pressure of the foot 011 the spring floor I 5 now forces the dust-pandown close to the floor, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 3, lowers thebottom of the pan, and holds the spring lip 8 tightly against the floor,thereby facilitating the removal of the dust and dirt from the floorinto the pan. After the dust or other foreign substances have been sweptinto the dust-pan, any raveling, lint or other substances clinging tothe broom may be easily and quickly removed from the broom into thedust-pan by drawing the broom across the saw-tooth edge 12.

Having thus described my invention 1 claim as new:

1. A dust-pan having a bottom, two sides,

a back, a forwardly extending top portion having a saw-tooth edge, aspring arm having a free end adapted to rest on the floor and anupwardly extending member adjacent the back of the pan, the back of thepan, the upwardly extending member and the intermediate portion of thespring arm forming a foot hold.

2. A dust-pan having a bottom, a trans verse rounded retaining ridge, aspring lip, two sides, a back, a forwardly extending top portion havinga saw-tooth edge all formed integral, a spring arm extending outwardlyfrom the back and having a curved free end adapted to rest on the floorand an up- 1 wardly extending member adjacent the back of the pan, theback of the pan, the upwardly extending member and the intermediateportion of the spring arm forming a foot hold.

3. A dust-pan having a flat bottom 6, a

transverse rounded retaining ridge 7 a downwardly extending spring hp 8,havmg a straight edge, two upwardly extending sides 9, 9, an upwardlyextending flat back 10, and a forwardly extending flat'top portion 11having a saw tooth edge 12, said saw teeth pointing toward the front ofthe pan,

all formed integral, a spring floor arm 5 eX- tending centrallyoutwardly from the bottom 6 at the back 10 and having an upwardly bentmember 13, adjacent the back 10, a

Copies of this patent may be obtained for downwardly inclined portion14c and an upwardly curved floor end, the back 10, the upwardly bentmember 13 and the intermediate portion of the spring floor arm 5 forminga foot hold 16, as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE TILLEY WELLS.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C.

